WorksheetsStedman's Chapter 13
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
________ are the microscopic urine-producing units in each kidney.
Glomeruli
Neurons
Ureters
Nephrons
Which is the combining form meaning to urinate in?
enur/o
noct/i
ur/o
urin/o
Olig/o is the combining form meaning ________.
night
sound, sound waves
scanty, few
to urinate in
Which are the combining forms for kidney? Choose all that apply.
ren/o
ureter/o
nephr/o
noct/i
Which prefix means painful, difficult, or abnormal?
poly-
para-
intra-
dys-
What is the combining form for stone, calculus?
lith/o
py/o
son/o
hydr/o
The suffix -tripsy means ________.
crushing
originating, producing
repair
remove
Which suffix meaning prolapse, drooping, sagging?
-ptosis
-tripsy
-stomy
-cele
The term meaning a build-up of urine in the ureters usually due to a stone or stricture is called ________.
hydrolith
hydrourethra
hydroureter
hydroureterolith
Which term means involuntary leakage of urine with a sudden, strong desire to urinate?
stress incontinence
nocturnal enuresis
diuresis
urge incontinence
The condition in which many cysts occur within and upon the kidneys is known as a ________.
polycystic kidney disease
acute renal failure
chronic renal failure
renal cyst
The combining form pyel/o in the term pyelonephritis stands for ________.
pus
renal pelvis
inflammation
kidney
The test that measures the amount of urea in the blood is called ________.
specific gravity
urinalysis
blood urea nitrogen
kidney function test
One who experiences bed-wetting has which of the following conditions?
nocturia
nocturnal enuresis
polyuria
pyuria
Which of the following terms means "sugar or glucose in the urine?"
glycouria
hematuria
pyuria
oliguria
A patient you are working with has been diagnosed by his physician as having a cystolith. What does this mean?
A patient has a tumor in the bladder
A patient has a stone in the kidney
A patient has a stone in the bladder
A patient has a tumor in the kidney
Which condition involves the urinary meatus occurring on the upper surface of the penis?
hypospadias
epispadias
intraspadias
retrospadias
Which suffix has to do with a condition of the blood?
-uria
-stenosis
-lasis
-emia
A patient you work with has a bladder infection. What type of condition is this?
gastrointestinal
endocrine
genitourinary
respiratory
Which of the following means inflammation of the kidney?
pancreatitis
nephritis
nephroma
hepatitis
What is the role of the renal pelvis?
to initiate the process of filtering
to produce urine
to act as a reservoir in each kidney and collect urine
to carry urine from the bladder to outside of the body
Removal of waste products from the body by using the peritoneum of the abdominal cavity as a filter is called ________.
hemodialysis
perineal dialysis
peritoneal dialysis
cavity dialysis
Which drug increases the amount of urine secreted by the body?
analgesic
diuretic
antibiotic
antidiuretic
Which of the following is narrowing of the ureter?
urethritis
nephrostenosis
ureterostenosis
ureterolith
The removal of waste products from the blood by pumping the blood through a machine that works as an artificial kidney is which of the following?
cystoplasty
lithotripsy
hemodialysis
nephrolysis
